Insulator and fastener for aerials



March 16 1926.

E. A. HIRSCHY INSULATOR AND FASTENER FOR AERIALS Filed Feb. 10, 1925 I INVENTOR EUGENE A HIRSCHY BY .YATFORNEYS WITNESSES a novel means to Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

' EUGENE A. HIRSCHY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, EUGENE'TA. HIRSGHY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Insulator and Fastener for Aerials, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to fasteners for eleotrical 5 wires and conductors and while capable of a wide range of use, it is more particularly intended for fastening and insulating indoor aerials to walls, moldings, and the like.

The general object of my invention is to provide an insulator and fastener that will permit of an aerial being securely held in position at proper intervals on a wall, molding, or the like, and embodying means for fastening the device in position as well as hold an aerial whether of v the usual plain or twisted wire type or in the form of a strip fiat ribbon, and to insure the insulation of the aerial when secured as well as its position out of contact with any objects that would lessen the efficiency of the aerial.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it bein understood that the drawings are merely i1 ustrative of. one example 01 the invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved device applied to a molding and indicating by dotted lines two forms of aerials held by the device;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section as indicated by the line 3-3, Figure 2;

Figure 4 is aperspective view of the holding element for the aerial.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, a small insulator body formed of a block 10 is provided, and embedded in the same at oneend is the. rear end of a fastening device here shown as in the form of a screw 11. The

screw or equivalent fastening device 11 is d'riveninto a wall, strip, or the like along which the aerial is to be strung, there being shown a fragment of a molding strip A in Figure 1.

Embedded in the insulating block 10 at the opposite end is the anchoring shank adjacent a face of the body,

INSULATOB AND FASTENER FOR, AEI tIALS.

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member 13 of a hook-like or U-sh'aped fastener member 12 for'the aerial or the like. The bill 14 of the element 12 lies against a surface of the block 10. The terminals 15 of the clamping portion 14 of the element 12 is sli htly deflected to facilitate the entrance 0 an aerial beneath said clamping member 14.

Either a round or twisted wire a indicated by dot-and-dash lines in Figure 1 may be secured or a flat or ribbon-like aerial 7). Aerial a is held against the end of block 10 by the bend 16 of the element 12 and advantageously the adjacent end of the block 10 is formed with a, depression 17 to partially receive aerial a. Said aerial w is passed beneath the member 14 to the bend 16, said. I

which the device is attached. Thus, the

aerial of whatever type it may be is maintained out of possible contact with objects that might aifect its efllciency.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I donot limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described .my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the class described, having a body of insulating material, means on said body at one end to secure said body in position, and a retaining element for clamping a wire, said element being hook-shaped and I presenting an anchoring member embedded in the insulating material of the body at the opposite end and insulated from the ret'aining' element, the material of said element being return bent to present substantially a U-shape and lying at its free end that portion of said element which lies adjacent the face adapted also'to retain a 2. A fastener for a wire, comprising a body having means at one end to secure it in position, a wire retaining element on the bod at the opposite end and insulated from sai means, said element being returned to present a bend and a terminal portion-lying adjacent a face of the body, said terminal portion constituting a clamping member for a Wire and said bend at the'interior being Wire.

3. A fastener for a wire, comprising a body having means at one end to secure it in position, a Wire retaining element on the body at the opposite end and insulated from said means, sa d element being returned to to accommodate a present a bend and a terminal portion lying adjacent a face of the body, said terminal portion constituting-a clamping member for a wire, and said bendadapted also to retain a Wire, that end of the body adjacent the bend of said element having a depression.

4. A fastener for electric Wires, said fastener comprising a body having means to secure it in position, and a hookslike element adapted tohold a Wire, said element being returned to present a portion lying adjacent a face of the body, the bend of said hook-like element at the interior being spaced from the adjacent end of the, body Wire between said adjacent end of the body and said bend at the interior. i

EUGENE A. HIRSCHY. 

